CEVO announces Placement groups

The group draw for CEVO S7 Placement tournaments has taken place, with four places in the professional divisions up for grabs.

A total of 32 teams, 16 from Europe and 16 from North America, will be taking part in CEVO's Placement tournaments with hopes of reaching the professional divisions, which will have upwards of $75,000 on the line.

In each region, the Placement tournament will kick off with a round-robin group stage, followed by an eight-team knockout stage that will use a double-elimination format.

The top two sides from each placement tournament will progress to their respective regional professional division, where they will be joined by teams invited by CEVO.

Below you can find the draw in full for the European and the North American placement tournaments:

Europe

Group A

Group B

PENTA Sports

Gamers2

myXMG

x6tence

myKPV.de

OnlineBots

Lions

Caz eSports

Group C

Group D

Flipsid3 Tactics

LGB eSports

Orbit

3DMAX

Publiclir.se

Planetkey Dynamics

Volgare

LDLC White

North America

Group A

Group B

Area 51

WOOSAH

HEAT

Fenix Frost

Immersive eSports

The Flying V

s6 CEVO-IM Champions

Dethrone

Group C

Group D

Tempo Gaming

Fenix Fire

Incursion

BOXR

Backfire

Mostly Harmless

WinOut

Make War Not Love

The group stage matches will be played on a predefined map in accordance with the following rotation:

Group stage matches will utilize a best-of-one format on a predetermined map with a knife round prior to the start of the match to determine side selection.